Course Information

For the safety of our participants, no strollers, skates, or scooters are allowed on the 5K or 10K race course. This rule will be strictly enforced. Strollers are permitted on the 1 Mile Family Fun Walk course. Pets are prohibited for the event.

Course Information:

5K RACE INFORMATION

5K – Start: Pimlico Road and Ken Oak Road. Travel north to Cross Country Boulevard. Left on Cross Country Boulevard to Pinkney Road. Turn around and run on the other side of Cross Country Boulevard to Greenspring Avenue. Turn right on to Greenspring Avenue heading south and follow it to the finish line just before the intersection of Northern Parkway and Greenspring Avenue.

10K RACE INFORMATION

10K - Start: Pimlico Road and Ken Oak Road. Travel north to Cross Country Boulevard. Left on Cross Country Boulevard to Fallstaff Road. Turn right on Fallstaff Road and follow it to Westbrook Road. Turn right on Westbrook Road and take it to Labyrinth Road. Turn left on Labyrinth Road and turn around at intersection with Hatton Road. Take Labyrinth Road to Westbrook Road and turn right. Follow Westbrook Road to Fallstaff Road and turn left. Take Fallstaff Road to Cross Country Boulevard and turn left. Follow Cross Country Boulevard back to intersection of Greenspring Avenue and Pimlico Road. Take a slight right on to Greenspring Avenue heading south and follow it to the finish line just before the intersection of Northern Parkway and Greenspring Avenue.

The USATF Certified 5K and 10K course routes will remain the same as in 2017. The course starts out on Pimlico Road, heading north, with a big downhill stretch for the first half-mile to get you warmed up. The course then meanders on the shady Cross County Boulevard for the next two miles, with a slight but barely noticeable increase in elevation. The course turns into the beautiful Cross Country community on Fallstaff Road, where runners will continue to the turnaround point just before the third mile mark on Labyrinth Road. The race then returns on the same path back to the Pimlico Road/Cross Country Boulevard intersection, but this time with a slight downhill in elevation. Here, runners cross the intersection and take Greenspring Avenue back for a sizeable uphill for approximately 6/10 of a mile, but then will appreciate the slight downhill for the final 2/10 of a mile to the finish on the shaded Greenspring Avenue near the intersection of Northern Parkway. All runners will then safely walk across Northern Parkway with the help of the police to the Post-Race Party at the Sinai Hospital parking lot.

The course is equipped with course marshals, water stops with water and an energy drink, and medical support teams.

The 10K will start at 8:00 AM and the 5K will start at 8:25 AM. The pace of the 5K runners who are hitting the turnaround and merging with the 10K runners is closer in pace to the 10K runners who are also hitting that point in the race. These runners will then finish the race with more runners who are running at their own pace and will encounter fewer runners to have to overtake. Please do your part to:

make sure you do not run/walk more than 2-astride so that when a runner does need to pass you, they are easily able to do so, and

heed the signs asking the 5K runners to stay to the left at the turnaround and the 10K runners to stay right until well after the merge.

AWARDS:

10K: Medals and gift cards will be mailed to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers, male and female, in the following age groups: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+ after the event.

5K: Medals will be mailed to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers, male and female, in the following age groups: 13 and under, 14-17, 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+ after the event.

Both races will be chip timed. No chip, no time, no award.

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